bpmn-validation

A node package to validate bpmn models, based on the BPMN 2.0 standard.

Goals

• The validation should focus on proper modeling styles, recommended by literature and authors of BPMN 2.0 publications.
• It should differentiate between modeling errors (e.g. unsupported combinations) and warnings (e.g. valid but not recommended)
• It should be flexible enough to set the rules for validation on each element type on/off/strict/loose
• It should return a list of objects containing type (error, warning), description (what exactly is not valid), involved elements (ids/names)

Roadmap

• read bpmn model from input
• validate file format
• validate elements
• validate possible elements extensions
• validate naming conventions
• validate processes (pools, lanes, sequences flows)
• validate gateway rules (exclusive, inclusive, parallel, complex)
• validate events (start, end, intermediate, throw/catch)
• validate collaboration (and message flows)
• validate escalations and exception handling